Articles by Christian Cawley

A long-term Doctor Who fan, Christian grew up watching the show and has early memories of the Graham Williams era. His favourite stories are Inferno, The Seeds of Doom and Human Nature (although The Empty Child, Blink and Utopia all come close). When he’s not bossing around the news team, Christian is a freelance writer specialising in mobile technology and domestic computing, and enjoys classic rock, cooking and spending time in the countryside with his wife and young children. You can find him on Twitter, Facebook and Google+.

[singlepic=2,320,240,,right]It’s not before time, but finally classic British comedy ‘Allo ‘Allo is going to be screened in Germany. Why has it taken so long, exactly? According to a BBC spokesperson, ‘Allo ‘Allo (despite being popular in 50 countries) “had not been picked up in Germany until now due to the subject matter.” A series that…

[singlepic=1,320,240,,right]When was the last time you laughed at Billy Connolly? Was it a DVD? From years ago? Still laughing at Mayall & Edmondson, still doing the same act they were doing 30 years ago? Lenny Henry’s black man schtick is so hil-arious, isn’t it? Yeah, right. The fact is, the so-called “alternative comedy” set of…

A cool article in the Telegraph today discusses some pre-production notes from 1963, in which the genesis of Doctor Who is revealed. The paper summarises the notes as describing “A paranoid fugitive who travelled the galaxy in an invisible flying saucer, suffering from LSD-style depressions and trying to halt scientific progress.” It seems that the…

In a new semi-regular item to run primarily through Series 4, we take a look at a piece of blatant space-filler on the web and in the press, and award it the soon-to-be-coveted Doctor Who Hack of the Week Award.l This week’s winner comes from the Digital Spy organ, by Cult Editor Mr Ben Rawson-Jones….

This autumn will see the publishing of Doctor Who: The Writer’s Tale by Russell T Davies and journalist Benjamin Cook (Doctor Who Magazine). Described by publishers BBC Books as “It’s not only the ultimate ‘Doctor Who’ book, it’s a celebration of the creative process and a love letter to great television.” …the book will provide…

Doctor Who of yesteryear Peter Davison has remarked in a Digital Spy interview how he would like to make another return to the series. Following his tear-jerking appearance in the Children in Need cutaway Time Crash, in which the Tenth Doctor comes face to face with his earlier self, Davison has said “I would certainly…

Responsible for many a formative years experience vivid images of Doctor Who in print, World Distributors annual illustrator (and publican) Walter Howarth has died, at the age of 80. The artist delighted youngsters by interpreting some of the most famous fictional characters as line drawings such as The Lone Ranger, Dempsey and Makepeace and Bonanza,…